Cromartie has struggled against the deep ball this season and Gordon is one of the NFL’s best young receivers. He is in just his second season in the league, but the 6-3, 225-pound Gordon leads the NFL with 122.3 receiving yards per game, ahead of Calvin Johnson’s 111.5. Gordon also has nine touchdown catches. He is seventh with 6.2 catches per game and first with 19.8 yards per catch. Gordon had 67 yards in his last game. Before that, he rattled off 125, 237, 261 and 151 in his previous four games.

QB GENO SMITH VS. FS TASHAUN GIPSON

Smith has thrown 21 interceptions this season. He has just two interception-free games out of 14. He has had five interceptions returned for touchdowns – the most in the NFL since Carson Palmer threw five Pick 6s in 2010. The Browns have returned three interceptions for touchdowns this season. Gipson has four picks, including one Pick 6. Smith threw yet another Pick 6 in last week’s loss to the Panthers, when he forced a throw to receiver Santonio Holmes, who was double covered.

JETS DEFENSIVE LINE VS. RB WILLIS MCGAHEE

The Browns’ running game has been brutal this season, and did not get markedly better after they traded Trent Richardson to Detroit and acquired McGahee to replace him. McGahee, 32, is averaging just 2.7 yards per carry this season. The Browns are No. 27 in the NFL with 84.9 rushing yards per game and No. 25 with 3.9 yards per carry. The Jets’ rushing defense has slipped lately, but they are still third with 86.1 yards allowed per game and first with 3.2 yards per carry allowed.

DID YOU KNOW?

For as bad as the Browns have been lately – they now have double digit losses in 13 of their past 16 seasons – they don’t have the NFL’s longest current drought without a playoff appearance. Buffalo last made the playoffs in 1999. Oakland and Cleveland last made it in 2002. The Browns last won a playoff game in 1994, though it should be noted the franchise did not exist from 1996-99. The Bengals, Lions and Chiefs have all gone longer without winning a playoff game – 1990, 1991 and 1993, respectively.

THE NUMBER

22

Years it has been since the Jets won back-to-back games against the Browns. The Jets won consecutive meetings with Cleveland in 1990 and 1991. The Jets lost the next two meetings, in 1994 and 2002, before winning in 2004. The Jets lost again in 2006 and 2007, and won in 2010 – the last time they played the Browns. Today’s game marks the Browns’ first game at the Jets since 2007. The Browns lead the all-time series 13-8.